Jasminum. diandria monogynia. 89 



old plants. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, cordate-ovate, or 

 oblong-waved, sometimes scollopped, pointed, smooth, except 

 when young; in the axills of the veins on the back of the 

 leaves there are tufts of down, as in some species of Gardenia. 

 Flowers terminal, generally fonning small, trichotomous 

 umbel lets, white, fragrant. Calyx bordered with from five 

 to nine, long, subulate, permanent segments. Stigma club- 

 bed. Germ two-lobed, one ovulum in each, attached to the 

 lower part of the partition. Berries twin; each round, 

 smooth, juicy, one-seeded, when ripe of a beautiful shining 

 black. Seed conform to the berry ; integument single. Peris- 

 j>< i in none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons conform to the seed. 

 Radicle small, inferior. » 



Obs. From this species we have the common double ; and 

 rase, or great-flowered, and full Moogaries, (Arabian, or 

 Tuscan Jasmines;) these are always raised from layers, and 

 have been improved by culture into their present state as 

 above noted. 



The plant that bears the common double sort still retains 

 its twining habits, but it is lost in the great rose, or full-flower- 

 ed sort; here the branches are erect, or spreading, but never 

 twining. 



I am inclined to think that Nyctanthes undulata, sp. pi. 

 2. p. 8. is only a variety of this species, arising from soil, cul- 

 ture, &c. for with the utmost attention, I could never discover 

 any thing like a fixed specific character to distinguish it 

 from Zambae, as the number of petals or divisions of the co- 

 rol are inconstant, and at most mark only the variety. 



2. J. scandens. Willd. 1. 37. 



Shrubby, twining, and scandent, smooth. Leaves oppo- 

 site, simple, cordate-oblong, entire, taper-pointed. Corymbs 

 terminal, globular, trichotomous. Calycine segments six or 

 seven, bristle-shaped, of the corol six to eight, lanceolate, 

 very acute, nearly the length of the clavate tube. Stigma 

 bilobate. 



